diff --git a/sftp/CMakeLists.txt b/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 include_directories(${LIBSSH_INCLUDE_DIR})
 if(WIN32)
-include_directories(${QT_MKSPECS_DIR}/default) # for SYMLINKS 
+include_directories(${QT_MKSPECS_DIR}/default) # for SYMLINKS
 endif()
 set(kio_sftp_SRCS kio_sftp.cpp)
 
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
     CATEGORY_NAME log_kio_sftp.trace)
 
 add_library(kio_sftp MODULE ${kio_sftp_SRCS})
+
 target_link_libraries(kio_sftp
    KF5::KIOCore
    KF5::WidgetsAddons # KMessageBox
    KF5::I18n
    Qt5::Network
-   ssh)
+   ${LIBSSH_LIBRARIES})
 set_target_properties(kio_sftp PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "sftp")
 
 install(TARGETS kio_sftp DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}/kf5/kio)
diff --git a/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp b/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp
--- a/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp
+++ b/sftp/kio_sftp.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 
 Result SFTPInternal::init()
 {
-    qCDebug(KIO_SFTP_LOG) << "pid = " << getpid();
+    qCDebug(KIO_SFTP_LOG) << "pid = " << qApp->applicationPid();
     qCDebug(KIO_SFTP_LOG) << "debug = " << getenv("KIO_SFTP_LOG_VERBOSITY");
 
     // Members are 'value initialized' to zero because of non-user defined ()!
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 }
 
 SFTPInternal::~SFTPInternal() {
-    qCDebug(KIO_SFTP_LOG) << "pid = " << getpid();
+    qCDebug(KIO_SFTP_LOG) << "pid = " << qApp->applicationPid();
     closeConnection();
 
     delete mCallbacks;